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In the 1940s and 50s, a community of psychologists organized to transform the field and develop a new model of humanity that appreciated a holistic view of the human experience. Humanistic psychotherapy was built upon this vision, instantiating an ethic of human dignity. It is an encounter characterized by genuine empathy and honoring clients' subjective experiences. The goal of humanistic therapy is to empower individuals' creative capacities for optimal functioning and purposeful living. Humanistic psychotherapy has been widely adopted and integrated into mainstream practices. Rooted in culturally progressive liberation movements, humanistic psychology remains well positioned to address pressing contemporary issues. Humanistic approaches to psychotherapy involve a holistic attitude, in which the therapist addresses the whole of their client, and not just their presenting symptoms or behaviors. The humanistic therapist sees their client beyond pathology, and believes they are inherently capable of growth and change.

Humanistic psychotherapy is the applied branch of humanistic psychology and philosophy. Humanistic psychology and philosophy are time-honored folk and academic traditions that stress deep personal inquiry into the meaning and purpose of life. In particular, humanistic psychology and philosophy pose two basic questions: What does it mean to be fully, experientially human, and how does that understanding illuminate the vital or fulfilled life? Correspondingly, humanistic psychotherapy comprises the conditions or stances by which people can come to intimately know themselves and, to the extent possible, to fulfill their aspirations. Humanistic psychotherapy is characterized by three major practice philosophies—the existential, the constructivist, and the transpersonal. The internal causes may be collectively described as an increasing dissatisfaction with the current paradigm. According to Kuhn's theory, the chief causes of crisis and subsequent school formation are called “anomalies.” Humanistic psychology's epistemology is intuitionistic. Its methodology is chiefly devoted to phenomological and clinical methods as well as interviews, and biographical studies. Humanistic psychology's conception of man is dynamic–holistic: man is a whole—the person is a Gestalt—that cannot be reduced to elements and functions; and this personal wholeness is under constant development—also throughout adult life.

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